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The Art of Cytology

by Suzanne L. Adams, CT (ASCP)

Promoting Cellular Wellness Through Optimal Nutrition Since 1998
Helping to Build Strong Genes and Healthy Cells the Natural Way!


The Color Diet

Get on the Real Fast Food Diet--Just Pluck it, and Eat It!


Veggies from my garden


How Nutrition Affects Cells

M/C (Micronutrient to Calorie) and N/C (Nucleus to Cytoplasm) Ratios
       *Neither a high fat or high protein diet is right.  Remember, the waste product of animal protein metabolism is the toxic amino acid, homocysteine, which at high levels, significantly raises the risk of developing many diseases and conditions (eg: birth defects, heart disease, and cancer). Homocysteine requires folic acid (found mainly in green raw plants) in order for it to be recycled back into the essential and most limiting amino acid, methionine.  In addition, a high animal protein diet is usually high in saturated animal fat (eg: bacon, beef) as well.  This type of diet is far too rich and burdensome for the human body to metabolize on a continuous basis.  A delicate balance exists in nature between plant and animal consumption. 
     *The human diet should be heavily weighted in raw fruits and vegetables, rich in key micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) that function to police and maintain the integrity of cellular health, especially DNA.  Focus should be on foods with high M/C ratios (micronutrient to calorie ratios).  Empty carbohydrate foods--those low in micronutrients and high in calories--foods with low M/C ratios--should be avoided, especially if they contain added salt, refined sugar and flour, and unnatural chemical compounds (artificial flavors and preservatives, etc.). Usually these highly processed foods barely resemble their natural origins.

    *Diets with high M/C (micronutrient to calorie)  ratios create healthy cells with low N/C ratios (nucleus to cytoplasm ratios), but diets with low M/C ratios create malnourished unhealthy cells with cytomegaly (cells that have abnormally large cytoplasm and nuclei such as in cervical folate deficiency and gastric atrophy) that may eventually change into cells that have high N/C ratios (eg: HPV), signifying cancerous or disease change (see also Ames, BN, 1999). 



Choice Foods in the Color Diet

sweet potatoes
dark green lettuce
tomatoes
avocados
peppers
(red, green, yellow, hot)
carrots
broccoli
celery
onions
garlic
alfalfa sprouts
olive oil
spinach
flax seed/oil
green tea
honey
blueberries
watermelon
grapes
apricots
cherries
lemons
apples
grapefruit
oranges
bananas
peaches
strawberries
cantaloupe
fruits 
of all kinds
nuts
beans
peas
sunflower seeds
wheat germ
soy
tofu
oatmeal
whole grains
(wheat
rye, etc.)
wild rice
yogurt
milk
cheese
eggs
sardines 
and other small 
cold water fish
low-mercury seafood
(eg: wild salmon
shrimp
light tuna
 pollock
and catfish)
wild game (deer, pheasant, etc)
organic chicken
organic beef, sparingly
pork, sparingly


See also Suzanne's Nutrition Speaks! Web page
Keep Abreast of the Latest Research on Nutrition, Health Education, and Environmental Health



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Mediterraneans Abandon Their Famous Diet!

Kiwifruit and DNA Repair

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The Art of Cytology:
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